A South Carolina physician who built a nationwide practice prescribing ketamine to patients with mental illnesses was shut down by the Drug Enforcement Administration, The Washington Post reported May 10.

An American Medical Association analysis found 31.2 percent of physicians in 2022 reported they had previously been sued.

Lacking proper regulation, artificial intelligence poses a threat to human health, a group of physicians and public health experts warned in an analysis published May 9 in BMJ Global Health.

Jacksonville, N.C.-based Brynn Marr Hospital is under CMS scrutiny after failing to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for behavioral health patients, North Carolina Health News reported May 10.

A shooting at Richmond, Va.-based VCU Medical Center North Hospital resulted in one man killed and another taken into custody.

Part-time work is on the rise for physicians across the country, Medscape reported May 9.

The American Hospital Association is calling on Congress to increase funding in several key areas to strengthen U.S. healthcare. 

As lawmakers propose and pass bills aimed at protecting healthcare workers' safety, some staff members at health systems are expressing concerns over the amount of increased violence seen in 2023. 

Xavier University in Cincinnati is planning to open the nation's first Jesuit College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2027, the organization said May 8.

Northside Medical Midtown hospital in Atlanta reopened May 8 following a shooting inside the facility May 3 that killed one and injured four others.

In the wake of the May 3 shooting at Northside Medical Midtown in Atlanta that killed one CDC employee and seriously injured four other people, members of the medical community have responded to the tragedy.

The dangers posed by social media trends have sparked renewed attention among the healthcare community in recent months — but risky online challenges are nothing new. 

Jennifer Berres, HCA Healthcare’s chief human resources officer, joined the system in late 2019, just months before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many healthcare executives at the time were charged with quickly figuring out how to best protect patients, Ms. Berres' priority was caring for the clinicians and staff as they provided care during a very uncertain time.

The American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Nurses Association are calling for legislators to pass two bills that would address workplace violence and mental health access, according to a May 3 news release from the organizations.

Four preventable pediatric patient deaths spurred a CMS investigation and corrective action plan at the pediatric intensive care unit at John Muir Health's Walnut Creek (Calif.) Medical Center, the San Francisco Chronicle reported May 4.

A patient opened fire at Northside Hospital Medical Midtown in Atlanta on May 2 after reportedly becoming upset during a medical appointment at the facility. The shooting has so far left a CDC employee dead and four injured, according to CNN.

As part of its goal to continually train more physicians, Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is also debuting a new residency track that is designed to allow for more specialty exposure and patient contact, according to a May 2 news release.

A Seattle physician and professor died while hiking up Mount Everest, NPR reported May 3.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled to overturn a lower court order that required Aurora Health Care, dual headquartered in Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill., to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient, WGN9 reported May 2.

Richard Brasington, MD, an internationally renowned clinical rheumatologist, drowned in the North Fork River in Missouri on April 30, The Kansas City Star reported May 1.